i had my band put in this morning. Its so painful to breathe in. It hurts at the center of my chest and goes up into both sides of my clavical. Is this the gas? I also had a hieatal (sp?) hernia reapair. This is the most painful part - breathing!

Did anyone else have this problem? Please tell me if its normal, what you did and how long until it went away. Its really painful.

I haven't been banded yet, but this sounds like something I had once. It might be an esophageal spasm. Let's see what the veterans can tell us!

I hope you feel better soon! :thumbup:

Yes, what you are describing sounds like the chest pains from the surgery gas that is moving and escaping upward in your body. I felt that moving helped me and it did go away. Hang in there.

Just to be safe though... If you have serious lung/breathing difficulty, get to your doctor as that could be a sign of a blot clot issue. I hope they gave you post op instructions on how to contact them but go right on back to the hospital's ER if you need to.

Thanks. My mom called someone she knows that had a band put in an confirmed that it was normal. It was just scary. Last night I started gagging like I was going to throw up and while I was gagging lots of gas was escaping. It was scary but I'm glad I got some of it up. It still hurts but not nearly as bad as yesterday.

Hi,

I too had similar pains and a hernia repair - sounds normal however if it gets too bad, go to the doctor...I mistook a kidney infection for band pain :smile2:

It always better to be safe then sorry. I would call the doctor is you keep having it.

I am having the exact same thing and have been told by my doctor office that it is the gas. It is getting a little better every day.

i had my band put in this morning. Its so painful to breathe in. It hurts at the center of my chest and goes up into both sides of my clavical. Is this the gas? I also had a hieatal (sp?) hernia reapair. This is the most painful part - breathing!

Did anyone else have this problem? Please tell me if its normal, what you did and how long until it went away. Its really painful.

Had my band put in on Monday the 18th and also had according to my surgeron a large hiatal herinia repaired.. breathing was difficult .. but just so you know it does get better... It is Thursday and I am feeling much better... You really have to use that breathing sperometor... not sure the sp... but it really does help...and you have to walk... and walk and walk...

Hope you feel better soon....

Same story here, I also had a hiatal hernia repair. Your diaphragm is the muscle you use to breathe and that is what they sewed up to repair the hernia so it makes sense that breathing is painful. I'm much better now but for the first few days it was very difficult and a big yawn or sneeze still hurts. It's expected but as others have said, don't suffer too much without calling your doctor, better safe than sorry.

i third or fourth or fifth the breathing trouble. i was banded last week and had a hernia repair -- basically, our diaphragm has been stitched up. my doc told me to continue to expect breathing pain for another week or so. my deep breaths kinda feel like they stutter.

keep up the pain meds and be patient. it totally gets better.